Chapter 02 – I just want to say, I'm sorry

~ So it seems to me, that sorry seems to be the hardest word…

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He wanted to have a talk to her. But she's busy working at the moment. So that's the reason why he had been staring at her from afar, for the last 3 hours.

It is freezing this morning. I must be crazy standing out here in this cold weather…

He breathes out, forming a cold air as he did. He shrugged his shoulder, feeling slightly cold, thirsty, hungry, his wounds hurts whenever he moves all at the same time. But he ignored all of it and tried his best to get her attention.

She looked so lovely in that blue apron with pink polka dots. He smiled. She had made another apologetic gesture to a customer. He smiled still. Then he thought about it again. Apologizing to a girl isn't supposed to be difficult.

He only had to choose the right words and the right time to say it to her.

She suddenly turned to him, as if noticing him staring all this while. He quickly looked down at his shoes, and realized something. She had given him the shoes as a present. He kicked a can nearby and slowly looked up. She had gone in the restaurant.

He stayed for while, waiting for her to come out again. But she never did. So he decides to go home and wait for her there. He met a friend along the way. They talked for awhile, hanging out at their usual spot. He purposely poked his friend's bandaged forehead, which he tried hiding by wearing a snowcap.

In turn, his friend punched him lightly at his abdomen. Then his friend asked why is he so gloomy. He told his friend, she is mad at someone.

"At you?"

"Who else?"

"About the fight last night?"

"That and among other things."

"Have you apologized to her?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"She's ignoring me. Plus, I'm not sure if I can say it."

"Alright. Let's see how you are going to say it." said his friend. He narrowed his eyes at him; but his friend just shrugged his shoulder. "Just give it a try."

He sighed, "I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me. How's that?"

His friend shook his head. "Hmm, you need to be more genuine."

"Okay. How about this? I know I shouldn't have done that. Please forgive me?"

Sighing, he raised an eyebrow as his friend shook his head again. "What am I not doing right this time?"

His friend closed his eyes, obviously thinking. Then he opened his eyes again, "Umm…you also need to be convincing."

Slamming his fist together, he glared at his friend. "I was just gonna kiss you! You got a problem with that?"

His friend smile widely. "Ah! That! That's the one! That's how you do it. I really like it!"

He quickly grabbed his friend's collar and started to shake him hard, "What the hell? I don't give a damn what you like. You are not her! Why the hell did I even ask for your advice?"

"Aarrgghh! I'm sooorrrrryyy!" His friend screamed.

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He waited for her patiently in the dark. He wanted to sit down but he couldn't, he kept on pacing. He felt agitated. She would be home by now. She never came back this late. He felt angry all of a sudden.

What if something bad had happened to her? What if she got kidnapped? What if…

The door clicked.

He stopped moving. He stopped breathing. His heart beats faster. He waited.

The moment she walked into the house, he wanted to hug her but immediately stopped. That would make her madder at him. She switched the lights on. She didn't notice him at first. She was busy tiding up her clothes and hair.

Her hair was long down to her waist and so radiant; he wondered how she always managed to make it look stunning. When she finally did notice him, she jumped and held a hand on her chest.

"Don't sneak up on people like that! You scared me!" She screamed at him. "What are you doing still awake at this hour? You are supposed to-"

He gulped. She was screaming again. He needed to make her listen. He needed to let her know. He needed to tell her.

"I'M SORRY!"

"…sleep."

Silence filled the room. They stared at each other. He gave her a pleading expression. He knows he's not good in expressing his emotion, but this is the best he can do. He just hopes it is enough for her to forgive him.

5 minutes had gone, and still she hadn't anything.

"I'm sorry." He said to her again, softly this time. "I really am sorry. I know you're mad about last night. But I just want to tell you, I'm sorry."

She stayed silent. She didn't move. She just stood there and stared hard at him with her eyes. Then she looked down and let out a sigh.

"That's all. I'll go sleep now." He swiftly turned and walked away. But after 5 steps, he heard her calling his name. Stopped in his tracks, he turned back at her.

"Promise me this."

He tilted his head. Confused at her sentence. Promise her what?

"I'll forgive you if you promise me this. Just this."

He inhaled a breath. "Okay."

"Stop fighting. Don't EVER fight again."

He blinked. That's it? No cleaning the house for a month? No washing plates for a week? No doing your laundries too? No gardening at all?

He slowly smiled. "Deal." He turned to leave again and went back into his room. That night, he dreamed about her, like always since he met her.

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~ There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.

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A/N : Athrun finding it difficult to apologize, since he doesn't know how.

Thanks for all the reviews! I know Lacus is OOC here, but hey, it's not every day we get to see Lacus acting OOC. So I decided to give her a break from her normal self. I mean, other Gundam SEED characters can get OOC and suddenly Lacus aren't allowed to be OOC? Hmm…